Ironing-machine.



A. KREUTBR.

IRONING MACHINE.

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21M REED TEE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN LAUNDRY MA 'CHINERY MANUFAG'IUBI'NG COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

IBONING-MACHINE.

Patented Sept. '7, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM KREUTE a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements tin Ironing-Machines, of WhlCh the following is a specification, and

which are illustrated in the accompanyingsuch machines in which the ironing mem-' bers are provided, respectively, with a cooperating flange and recess designed to receive the neck band of a garment. In machines of this type it is important that the ironing tool and board should be relatively movable in order that the pressure of ironing may be adjusted, and when these ironing members are provided, respectively, with a neck-band flange and a recess forreceiving the same, it is also important that the interengagement of those parts should not be disturbed by the adjustment.

The object of the invention is to simplify and improve the construction and operation of ironing machines of the kind described, particularly by providing improved means for adjustably and yieldably supporting the ironing table and for guiding it beneath the ironing tool.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation an ironing machine embodying the features of the invention in their preferred form; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, some of the parts being shown in section and the planeof the section being indicated by the line 22 on Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional detail taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, but showing the parts in a different position; Fig. 4 1s a detail plan view of the ironing board used upon the ma-z chines; Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional plan views taken on the lines 55 and 6-6, respectively, of Fig. 1; Fig. 7 shows a detail of the turn-buckle, separated from other parts; Fig. 8 is a sectional detail of a portion of the ironing table and a portion of the ironing roller; Figs. 9 and 10 are sectional views ing tool and ironing table for different degrees of adjustment between such parts. I A machine of the form illustrated in the drawings comprises an open rectangular supporting-frame l0, and has an ironing tool 13 which takes the form of a roller journaled at each of its ends in suitable bearings,'as ill, 12, formed on the top of theframe 10. The ironing roller 13 is adapted to be heated, and to this end it is made hollow, asmostclearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and a steam pipe 1 leads into one of its ends through a packing gland 15. i

A curved ironing table or board 16 is provided for receiving the garment to be ironed. This table is adapted to be oscillated beneath the ironing tool 13, and, as shown, has an upstanding flange 17 which engages the neck-band of a garment and which cooperates with the walls of a cavity 18 formed in the ironing tool 13 for shaping the neckband of a garment and adjacent portions of the bosom; .The ironing table 16 rides upon. rollers 19, 20, mounted on a shaft 21 which is journaled in a vertically-swinging carriage 22 supported beneath the ironing tool. As shown, this carriage is pivotally mounted at 23, 24, upon the two side members of the frame 10 ,of the machine, one of the pivots, as 24, being a rotatable shaft for transmitting power to the shaft 21 journaled'in the carriage.

For supporting the free end of the carriage'22 and for guiding the movement of the ironing table over the'rollers 19, 20, of

the carriage, an adjustable, yielding supporting member is provided adjacent the base of the machine. As shown, this supporting member takes the form of a vertically-swinging frame comprising a pa1r of links 26, 27, each having one of its ends pivotally mounted upon a horizontal member 28 of the frame 10, the outer ends of the links being'connected by a rod 29. The free end of th s'supporting frame is carried by a pitman 30 joined, as indicated at 31, to the connecting rod 29, midway of its length, and leading upwardly therefrom to the crank-arm 32 of a crank slfinft- 33 journaled upon the front of the machine in lugs 34, 35, provided for that purpose. Upon one end of the crank shaft 33, and within convenient reach of the operator of the machine, there illustrating the relative positions of the iron- I is mounted a hand lever 36 carrying a pawl 37 adaptedto play over a toothed quadrant 38, and controlled in the usual manner bya grip-piece 39. In order that there may be an adjustable yielding connection between the supporting member at the base of the machine and the crank shaft 33, the pitman Y 30 is preferably, made sectional, as most clearly shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings.

The two sections 40-41 of the pitman are united by a turnbuckle 42, which has a threaded-connection 43 with the upper section of the pitman and a yielding con-- nection with its lower section 41. As shown,

the yielding connection between the turn buckle 42 and the lower section 41 of the pitman is provided by extending the member 41 the ironing tool 13 by an adjustment in the length of the pitman 30. As shown, a link, as'46-47, leads downwardly from the carriage 22 to eachof the links 2627 of the supporting frame, to which it is preferably pivotally connected intermediate its ends,

as indicated "at *48. At the upper end of P each of the links 46-47 an eye 49 is provided for pivotally uniting the link to alug 51 formed upon the frame of. the carriage 22, and this eye has a threaded connection with the body of the link in order that the effective length of" the link may be adjusted. For guiding the movementof the lroningtable 16 over the rollers 19-20 of the carriage 22, a link 52, which, as shown, takes the form of a frame comprising uprights 53-53 and a cross member 54, is pivotally united to the cross member 29 of the vertically-swinging supporting frame provided at the base of the machine, at,55-56,

' through the base of ,the turnbuckle, with and to the inner end of the table 16 atlPower is applied for operating the machine, refera ourna ed on the frame 10 at one side of the machine and carrying abelt pulley 61, at

.each side of which are idle pulleys 62- 63 provided for driving belts, not shown,

which travel over the pulleys in opposite directions, and are ada ted to be shifted alternately onto the beiit pulley, 61. An

oscillating movement is 'transmltted from the driving shaft 62 to the ironing table 16through. a pinion 64 'mounted on the "driving shaft, a gear 65 and pinion 66 coaxially mountedupon the shaft 25 forming one of the. pivotal supports for the cary through a driving shaft range 22-, ears 67-68 mounted on the shaft 21, and a rack 69 formed upon the under side of the ironin table for-'engagin the gear 68. The ironing roller 13 is simu taneousl oscillated from a inion 70 mounted on the shaft-25 between the gear and pinion 66, an idle gear 71 journaled on the frame of the machme, and a gear 72 mounted upon the hub of the ironing roller. In order that the ironing roller may be angularly adjusted to bring the cavity 18 formed in its from opposite sides and have a threaded engagement with a collar 76 ri idly mounted iliponrjzhe hubv of the roll, as by means of a A treadle 78 is provided at the front of the machine for controlling its operation, and, as shown, is mounted upon'a rock shaft 79 connected by a link 80 "with a bell crank lever 81, to one arm of which is connected a ship er rod 82 leading throu h the interior of t e driving shaft 60 and aving formed on itsouter end suitable forks, not shown, for en a mg the driving belts. The oscillation o t e ironing table and ironing roll is automatically effected through the belt shiner 82 by means of a rod 83 which moves with the table-guiding member 52 and carries suitable stops 84-85 for engaging one arm 86 of the bell crank lever 81.

In use, the garment to be ironed will be stretched over the ironing table 16 with its neck band surrounding the flange 17, and the ironing table will be caused to travel beneath the ironin roll 13 by manipulating the treadle 78. y adjusting the set screws 7475, the an ular position of the ironing roll 13 with reition to the table 16 may be formed in the roll coeperate with the flange 17 of the table 16 for properly shaping the neck band of the garment and adjacent portions of its bosom. The pressure of ironing may be then adjusted by means of the turngular position between the ironing roll and the table. The ironin table may be lowered out of contactwit the'irdning roll at -anytime during the progress of the work by shlfting the hand lever 36, which controls the crank shaft 33. I

The forward wall of the cavity 18 in the ironing roll 13 has an instandmg lip 86, most clearly shown in Figs. 9 and 10, which may be'accurately shaped to fit about the neck-band flange 17 of the ironing board. Figs. 9 and 10 of the drawings also illustrate the relative position of the ironing tool and side into register with the neck-band flange.

buckle 42 without disturbing the relative anso arranged that the walls of the cavity 18 ironing board corresponding to the same amount of travel of the ironing board heneath the tool, but to diiferent degrees of adjustment of the board with respect to the pressure of ironing. Fig. 10 illustrates the position of the parts when the ironin table 16 ,has'been so lowered by extending t e pitman 30 that its face, when covered with the amount of padding shown, is quite out of contact with the surface of the ironing tool, yet by reason of the im roved means provided by the invention or en porting the carriage 22 and guiding the tab e 16, the interen a ementbetween the neck-band flange 17 0 t 'e table and the cavity 18 of the ironing tool is substantially the same as shown in Fig. 9, wherein the ironing table is illustrated as being raised into intimate contact with thesurface of the ironing tool.

I claim as m invention,-' 1. In an ironing machine, in comblnation,

an ironin tool, a curved-faced oseillatable.

ironing table cooperating therewith, a movable carrier for the table, an adjustable yielding su port for the carrier, and aguiding link pivotally attached to the ironing table and to the carrier support.

2. In an ironing machine, in combination, an ironin tool, a curved-faced oscillatable ironing ta le cotiperating therewith, a movable carrier for the-table, and a rigid guiding: link for the table and a rigid supporting link for the carrier pivotally attached to a common support.

3. In an ironing machine,incombination, an ironin tool, a curved-faced oscillatable ironing ta le, cooperating therewith, a carrier for the table, a shiftable support for the carrier, a link connectin the tablecand the support, a crank shaftf'a justable yielding connection between a crank of the shaft and the support, a hand lev'e'r carried by the crank shaft, and ratchet and pawl mechanism, for securing the hand lever in an adjusted position. 1 v

4. In an ironing machine, in combination, an ironing tool, a pivotally mountedcarrying frame, the free end of the frame being movable toward and away from the ironing tool,

a pressure roller journaled in the frame, a

curved-faced oscillatabie ironing table carried by the roller and cooperating with the ironing tool, a link having one of its ends attached to a fixed support, an'adjustable yielding support for the free end of the link, a guidin arm pivotall attached to the link and to t e ironing ta 1e, and a rigid supporting member secured to the carrylng frame beyond the journal of the pressure roller from the pivot of the frame and bearing on the link.

4 5. In an ironing machine, in combination, an ironing tool, a pivotall mounted carrying frame, the free end 0 the frame being movable toward and away from the. ironing tool, a pressure'roller journaled in the frame, a curved-faced oscillatable ironing table carried by the roller and cooperating with the ironing tool, a link having one of its ends attached to a fixed sup ort, an adjustable yielding support for the rec end of the link, a guiding arm pivotally attached to the free end of the link and to the ironing table, and a rigid supporting member secured to the carrying frame beyond the journal of the pressure roller from the pivot of the frame and bearing on the link intermediate its ends.

6. In an ironing machine, in combination, an oscillatable ironing board having a neckbandengaging flange, an ironing roller cooperating with the board and having a ca'vity which registers with the flange, and means for varying the ressure between the board and the roller wlthout disturbing-the re ister between the cavity and the flange.

In an ironing machine, in combination, an ironing roller, a reciprocating table cooperating with the roller, a pressure roller for bearing the table against the ironing roller, a member supportin the pressure roller and being adjustable or varying the pressure thereof against the ironing roller, and independent pillars rising fromsuch member for carrying the table and the pressure roller.

ADAM KREUTER.

Witnesses;

CHARLES B. GI'LLsoN, E. M. KLATCHER. 

